Srinagar: A YouTuber from Kashmir has been arrested for posting a video that showed him beheading an effigy of the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma who made derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad- PBUH. Police said that the video had caused fear and alarm among the public.
“Kashmir-based YouTuber Faisal Wani has been arrested. He had uploaded an incriminating video on YouTube which is against public tranquillity and has caused fear and alarm to the public in general,” Jammu and Kashmir police said in a statement, according to NDTV.
“Yesterday, I made a VFX video about Nupur Sharma which went viral all over India. And an innocent person such as me got implicated in the controversy,” Faisal Wani said in the next video.
Wani’s arrest came after he deleted the viral video and issued an apology in a new video posted on his YouTube channel Deep pain Fitness.
“I respect all religions. Yes, I had made that video, but I had no intention to violate anything. I deleted the video last night itself, but I apologise for it. I am sorry,” the YouTuber said in the video with folded hands.
“If anyone is hurt because of this, I am extremely sorry. I had no intention to hurt anyone,” he said in the video.
Describing himself as a simple person, Wani expressed hope that the second video would also go viral “so that my apology reaches everyone”. “I am an innocent person and do not want to be implicated,” he said.
In his apology, Wani said, “I hope you will make this video viral too like my other video. This is how everyone will know that I am apologetic about my actions.”
Earlier this month, BJP suspended Nupur Sharma and expelled Delhi BJP media unit Naveen Jindal over their derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad- PBUH.
The comments made over two weeks ago have led to anger in India and abroad, with several West Asian countries demanding a public apology, summoning Indian envoys and seeing calls for a boycott of Indian products.
India has called them “views of fringe elements” but that has not calmed the anger among Muslim groups in India, who have been demanding the politicians be arrested.
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